This is a monochrome drawing of some of my favorite hornbeams on the edge of Sandlford Wood, near Newbury in Berkshire. It’s actually looking into the wood, from the adjoining field, without the fence that is present in reality.
The title refers to the relative distances between the trees and to the possibility of some trees being descendants of the others: the hornbeams were planted in two rows along the edge of the wood, presumably to form a hedge. The foreground trees are in the field and so I assume that they were not part of the original planting plan; maybe they are self-seeded, the child-trees of those that were planted on purpose.
The drawing is 50 x 70 cm on 300gsm 100% cotton watercolour paper and has not, yet, been framed. It’s unframed price is £475.
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